Improvement in windlass water-elevators



E- M. ROBORDS.

WINDLAss WATER E'LvAToR.

JN0. 176,065. Patented Apr1111,187e.

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EZRA M. ROBORDS, OF HUTGHINSON, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDLASS WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,065, dated April1l, 1876 application filed March 13, 1876.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, Eznn M. RonoRDs, ofHutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Water-Raising Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side View of my improved apparatus, the frame being shownin section. Fig. 2 is a detail section of the same, taken through theline a: a2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the springs andsliding-bearing.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved apparatus forraising water from wells by wind-wheels or other power, and which shallbe so constructed that two buckets may be raised and loweredalternately, while the power moves continuously in the same direction.

The invention consists in the combination of the sliding bearing, thetwo spiral springs, and the two levers provided with the toes and thespira-1 springs, with the horizontal shaft that carries the twogear-wheels and the two spools, and the vertical shaft that carries thedriving gear wheel for raising and lowering the two buckets alternatelyby the continuous movement of the driving gear wheel in the samedirection, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents a frame-work in bearings, attached to the upper part ofwhich revolves a horizontal shaft, B. To the shaft B are keyed, orotherwise attached, two bevel gear wheels, C, with the outer sides ofwhich or with the shaft B are rigidly connected two spools or hangeddrums D. To the spools D are attached the upper ends ot' two metalstraps or flat chains E, which are wound in opposite directions uponsaid spools, and are so arranged that when one is wound up the other isunwound. The lower ends of the straps or chains E are attached to thebails F of the buckets G. To the upper edge of the inner sides of thebuckets G are attached hooks H, which, as the buckets rise, hook intobails I, pivoted to the spout J, rest upon the edge of the sides of saidspout, and project into such a position that the hooks H may catch uponthem as the buckets rise, to tilt the said buckets and discharge thewater into the spout J. Upon the upper side of the horizontal shaft B,midway between the bevel gear wheels C,

v'horizontal shaft B are placed two spiral of the frame A are pivotedthe ends of two bent levers O, the ends of which project downward intosuch positions that they may be struck and tripped by the buckets G whentilted. The levers O are held out by spiral springs P interposed betweenthem and the middle top bar of the frame A. Upon the upper part of thelevers O are formed toes o',

which rest against the lower side of the shaft B. By this construction,as either bucket G rises, the toe ol of the lever O, upon that side,coils up the spring N. As the water is discharged from the bucket G, thelever 0 is tripped, releasing the spring N, the recoil of which throwsthe bearing K over, bringing the wheel M into gear with the other wheelG, reversing the motion of the shaft B, lowering the empty bucket andraising the full one, so that the buckets G will be raised and loweredalternately by the continuous revolution of the wheel M in the samedirection. The half-bearing K should be provided with a catch, not shownin the drawing, to hold it in gear, and which is released by thetripping of the lever O.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the sliding-bearing K, the spiral springs N, and thelevers O, provided with the toes o and the spiral springs P, with thehorizontal shaft B that carries the gear-wheels G and the spools D, andthe vertical shaft L that carries the driving gearwheel M, for raisingand lowering the buckets G alternately by the continuous movement ot theWheel M in thesame direction, subst-antially as herein shown anddescribed.

EZRA MARVIN ROBORDS. Witnesses:

W. E. HUToHrNsoN, J. L. PENNEY.

